Nollywood is In Desperate Need of Financial Makeover - Yewande Sadiku

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"Nollywood’s popularity across Africa and the diaspora certainly demonstrates the capacity of the films to travel, but the industry is in desperate need of a financial makeover."
- Yewande Sadiku, Executive Secretary, Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC).
She co-financed Half of a Yellow Sun, the most expensive Nigerian film with a budget of US$8m in 2013.
The historical fiction drama film directed by Biyi Bandele was an adaptation of the bestselling historical fiction, Half of a Yellow Sun on the Biafran war by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. It featured popular international actors, including Nigerian born Hollywood stars, Chiwetel Ejiofor and John Boyega, Thandie Newton, Anika Noni Rose and top Nollywood stars, Genevieve Nnaji, OC Ukeje and Onyeka Onwenu. The film premiered in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
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